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Review: Nife is Life – Online Italian Deli

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Picky and sharing food is my favourite kind. To have a table covered in all sorts of plates and bowls offering a different flavour or texture is a sight for sore eyes. It’s something I like to take time over shopping for too but sometimes I don’t have the time I’d like to have to go to the deli and pick bits out. Enter Nife is Life the Italian online deli.

nife is life cured meats

We were sent a range of products to try from their online shop including:
Tomato Sfilati (breadsticks)
Olive Sfoglie (crackers)
Grana Padano DOP
Prosciutto Riserva
Speck Alto Adige IGP
Mortadella from Bologna IGP
Bresaola Punta d’Anca della Valtellina IGP
Burrata from Puglia
Nonno Nanni Stracchino
Mixed Olives with Herbs
Sundried Tomatoes with Grana Padano
Grilled Artichokes in oil
(IGP meaning Protected Geographical Indication (which in Italian is Indicazione Geografica Protetta hence the rearrangement of the acronym) and DOP meaning Protected Designation of Origin (or in Italian, Denominazione di Origine Protetta).

nife is life cheeses and snacks
The way the meat was packed was really handy; easy to peel off without it all getting stuck. The Mortadella was my favourite (it always is) and the Prosciutto had a lovely fruity flavour. The Bresaola had a faint spicy note to it and the Speck nice and smoky. The olives were easily the best pre-packed olives I’ve had, not too briny, and there were loads of tomatoes and artichokes in the packs. The Burrata was delicious; first time I’ve tried one and certainly not the last. I really liked spreading the Stracchino on the olive crackers (Sfoglie) and topping with a sundried tomato. We’ve got a great big wedge of Grana Padano to use too; ideal for risotto. 
I liked coming home to this box of treats putting it all on the table and dipping in and out of it throughout the evening (we didn’t eat it all in one evening though!). It was also good to know that I could look forward to one of my favourite meals and it was waiting for me at home.
Thank you to Nife is Life for the box of goodies. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Comments

  1. Joanne says

    It looks wonderful , my ideal kind of meal. I can’t eat a large meal but could quite happy clear a buffet table. I’m going to sign up to the site & point Mike to it’s direction for Mothers Day. I’ve checked that they deliver here.

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  2. Lucy Porter says

    Hang on, back up a second – are you telling me I can get burrata and stracchino in the UK now? Oh my goodness, this is a happy day!! I recommend buying piadine or piade bread from Waitrose (they look like tortillas but are more like slim flatbreads really), toasting them lightly on either side with a dry frying pan and filling with rocket, tomatoes, stracchino and then your favourite Italian salame (I go for tuna myself as I don’t eat meat!)
    Lucy xxx
    La Lingua : Food, Life & Travel in Italy

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  3. Navaneetham Krishnan says

    Wow, thats lots of stuffs. Sure the online is a convenient and easy way of savoring Italian food.

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  4. Elzbieta Hester says

    Not bad, not bad at all. I wouldn’t mind taking a bite of this and that…and top it all with the beautiful olives…:) ela

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  6. Sandhya Khattri says

    Large range and It is convenient to have all these ingredients when you are short of time

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  7. Juliana says

    Wow, awesome choices…this is what I would love to have for dinner…and a glass of wine and I am very happy.
    Have a great weekend Caroline 😀

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